Hello, I am currently 52 yrs old, single working mama, and weigh too much and have weighed too much since I was adolescent. Got about 40 kilos to use and currently doing the Michelle Bridges 12WBT. Have only lost 4 kilos in 8 weeks so it's very slow. My brother however read the Sweet Poison book and has lost double that in the same time frame. So I am interested to do it and I was heartened to see (after reading the guides) that most of my food choices for the family have been relatively low-sugar. Obviously a lot of room for improvement though! I have insulin resistance and low thyroid function, both for which I am on medication.

My biggest problem is my 12 year old son who has such a limited range of food choices (he's slightly special needs) that to get him to eat anything is tough. And he's very addicted to junk food (read: chicken nuggets, fries, soft drinks, of which he only eats once per week at most) and high-sugar cereals. I buy the low sugar, and he just adds more :(. I personally think a better diet would go a long way to assisting him with his learning issues and his diet is reasonably good compared to other kids I know, I bake everything from scratch, use organic wherever possible but he loves homemade cakes, cookies, pancakes etc - we don't buy flavoured yoghurts, snack barsm juices or soft drinks, and we do eat rye bread and so forth.

I guess I need to get reading the recipes to see where I can make subtle changes hopefully his pernickity tastebuds won't notice!!